Adapting to Climate Change in Europe and Central Asia

World Bank

dc.creator	World Bank
dc.date	2012-03-19T17:23:19Z
dc.date	2012-03-19T17:23:19Z
dc.date	2009-06-01
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-17T20:46:10Z
dc.date.available	2023-02-17T20:46:10Z
dc.identifier	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000333037_20090616235855
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3052
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/243392
dc.description	The climate is changing; and the Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region is vulnerable to the consequences. Many of the region's countries are facing warmer temperatures, a changing hydrology and more extremes, droughts, floods, heat waves, windstorms, and forest fires. Already the frequency and cost of natural disasters have risen dramatically in the region. And the concentration of greenhouse gases already in the atmosphere guarantees that similar or greater changes are yet to come, even if the world completely stopped emitting carbon dioxide. Now, and at least for the near future, ECA vulnerability is being driven more by its existing sensitivity than by the severity of the climate impacts. In fact, ECA already suffers from a serious adaptation deficit even to its current climate. This derives from a combination of socioeconomic factors and the Soviet legacy of environmental mismanagement. This report presents an overview of what adaptation to climate change might mean for ECA. It starts with a discussion of emerging best practice adaptation planning around the world and a review of the latest climate projections. The report then discusses possible actions to improve resilience organized around impacts on natural resources (water, biodiversity, and the coastal environment), health, the 'unbuilt' environment (agriculture and forestry), and the built environment (infrastructure and housing). The last chapter concludes with a discussion of two areas in great need of strengthening given the changing climate: disaster preparedness and hydrometeorological services.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	World Bank
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rights	World Bank
dc.subject	ACCESS TO FINANCING
dc.subject	ADAPTATION ACTION
dc.subject	ADAPTATION ACTIONS
dc.subject	ADAPTATION CONTEXT
dc.subject	ADAPTATION DEFICIT
dc.subject	ADAPTATION EFFORTS
dc.subject	ADAPTATION INITIATIVES
dc.subject	ADAPTATION MEASURES
dc.subject	ADAPTATION NEEDS
dc.subject	ADAPTATION OPTIONS
dc.subject	ADAPTATION PLANS
dc.subject	ADAPTATION PRACTICES
dc.subject	ADAPTATION PRIORITIES
dc.subject	ADAPTATION PROCESS
dc.subject	ADAPTATION PROCESSES
dc.subject	ADAPTATION PROGRAM
dc.subject	ADAPTATION RESPONSES
dc.subject	ADAPTATION STRATEGIES
dc.subject	ADAPTATION STRATEGY
dc.subject	ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE
dc.subject	ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	ADAPTING
dc.subject	ADAPTIVE CAPACITY
dc.subject	ADAPTIVE CAPACITY INDICATORS
dc.subject	ADAPTIVE CAPACITY TO CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	ADVERSE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	ADVERSE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	AIR POLLUTION
dc.subject	APPROACHES TO ADAPTATION PLANNING
dc.subject	ARCTIC OCEAN
dc.subject	ARSENIC
dc.subject	ATMOSPHERE
dc.subject	BARRIERS TO ADAPTATION
dc.subject	BELIEF IN CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	BIOCLIMATIC MODELS
dc.subject	CAPACITY FOR ADAPTATION
dc.subject	CARBON
dc.subject	CARBON INTENSITY
dc.subject	CATASTROPHIC EVENTS
dc.subject	CLEAN AIR
dc.subject	CLIMATE
dc.subject	CLIMATE ADAPTATION
dc.subject	CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION
dc.subject	CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS
dc.subject	CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY
dc.subject	CLIMATE CHANGE PROJECTIONS
dc.subject	CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIO
dc.subject	CLIMATE CHANGES
dc.subject	CLIMATE CONDITIONS
dc.subject	CLIMATE DATA
dc.subject	CLIMATE EVENTS
dc.subject	CLIMATE EXTREMES
dc.subject	CLIMATE IMPACT
dc.subject	CLIMATE IMPACTS
dc.subject	CLIMATE MODELERS
dc.subject	CLIMATE PROJECTIONS
dc.subject	CLIMATE RESEARCH
dc.subject	CLIMATE RISK
dc.subject	CLIMATE RISK MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	CLIMATE RISKS
dc.subject	CLIMATE SCENARIOS
dc.subject	CLIMATE SCIENCE
dc.subject	CLIMATE SCIENTISTS
dc.subject	CLIMATE SHOCK
dc.subject	CLIMATE STRESS
dc.subject	CLIMATE SYSTEM
dc.subject	CLIMATE TRENDS
dc.subject	CLIMATE VARIABILITY
dc.subject	CLIMATE VARIABLES
dc.subject	CLIMATIC CHANGE
dc.subject	CLIMATIC VARIABILITY
dc.subject	CO2
dc.subject	COLORS
dc.subject	CONSECUTIVE DRY DAYS
dc.subject	COPING CAPACITY
dc.subject	COST OF ADAPTATION
dc.subject	DAMAGES
dc.subject	DISASTER MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	DISASTER PREPAREDNESS
dc.subject	DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	DROUGHT
dc.subject	DROUGHT CONDITIONS
dc.subject	DROUGHT TOLERANCE
dc.subject	DROUGHT YEARS
dc.subject	DRY SPELL
dc.subject	DRY SUMMERS
dc.subject	ECOLOGICAL ZONES
dc.subject	ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subject	ECONOMIC INDICATORS
dc.subject	ECONOMIC MODELS
dc.subject	EFFECTIVE ADAPTATION
dc.subject	ELECTRICITY
dc.subject	ELECTRICITY DEMAND
dc.subject	EMISSIONS
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL CATASTROPHE
dc.subject	EPIDEMIOLOGY OF DISASTERS
dc.subject	EVAPORATION
dc.subject	EXPOSURE TO CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	EXTREME EVENT
dc.subject	EXTREME EVENTS
dc.subject	EXTREME TEMPERATURES
dc.subject	EXTREME VALUE THEORY
dc.subject	EXTREME WEATHER
dc.subject	EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS
dc.subject	FEASIBILITY
dc.subject	FINANCIAL CAPITAL
dc.subject	FINANCIAL RESOURCES
dc.subject	FISH STOCK
dc.subject	FLOOD CONTROL
dc.subject	FLOODING
dc.subject	FLOODS
dc.subject	FOREST
dc.subject	FOREST FIRES
dc.subject	FOREST STOCK
dc.subject	FORESTRY
dc.subject	FORESTS
dc.subject	FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	FROST
dc.subject	FUTURE ADAPTATION
dc.subject	FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	GCM
dc.subject	GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL
dc.subject	GHG
dc.subject	GLACIAL MELT
dc.subject	GLACIERS
dc.subject	GLOBAL WARMING
dc.subject	GOLD
dc.subject	GREENHOUSE
dc.subject	GREENHOUSE GAS
dc.subject	GREENHOUSE GASES
dc.subject	HAIL
dc.subject	HEAT
dc.subject	HEAT STRESS
dc.subject	HEAT WAVES
dc.subject	HEAVY RAINS
dc.subject	HOT DAYS
dc.subject	HOT SUMMER
dc.subject	HURRICANES
dc.subject	HYDROLOGY
dc.subject	ICE
dc.subject	ICE AGE
dc.subject	ICE COVER
dc.subject	IMPACT OF CLIMATE
dc.subject	IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	IMPACT OF HEAT WAVES
dc.subject	IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	IMPLEMENT ADAPTATION
dc.subject	IMPLEMENTING ADAPTATION STRATEGIES
dc.subject	INCOME
dc.subject	INSURANCE
dc.subject	INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	IPCC
dc.subject	LAND MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	LAND USE
dc.subject	LANDFILLS
dc.subject	LEACHING
dc.subject	LOW ADAPTIVE CAPACITY
dc.subject	MAINSTREAMING ADAPTATION
dc.subject	MALADAPTATION
dc.subject	MELTING GLACIERS
dc.subject	METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION
dc.subject	MITIGATION
dc.subject	MITIGATION EFFORTS
dc.subject	NATIONAL ADAPTATION
dc.subject	NATIONAL CLIMATE
dc.subject	NATURAL DISASTER
dc.subject	NATURAL DISASTERS
dc.subject	NITROGEN
dc.subject	OIL EQUIVALENT
dc.subject	PARTICULATE
dc.subject	PARTICULATE MATTER
dc.subject	PESTICIDES
dc.subject	PLANT GROWTH
dc.subject	POLICY MAKERS
dc.subject	PORTFOLIO
dc.subject	POWER SECTOR
dc.subject	PRECIPITATION
dc.subject	PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION
dc.subject	RAIN
dc.subject	RAINFALL
dc.subject	RAINFALL INTENSITY
dc.subject	RAINFALL PATTERNS
dc.subject	RAINY SEASON
dc.subject	REGIONAL CLIMATE MODEL
dc.subject	RESILIENCE TO CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	SEA LEVEL RISE
dc.subject	SEASONAL RAINFALL
dc.subject	SEASONAL TEMPERATURE
dc.subject	STORM SURGE
dc.subject	STORMS
dc.subject	SUMMER DROUGHTS
dc.subject	SUMMER HEAT WAVES
dc.subject	SUMMER TEMPERATURES
dc.subject	SURFACE EVAPORATION
dc.subject	TEMPERATURE
dc.subject	TEMPERATURE CHANGES
dc.subject	TEMPERATURE INCREASES
dc.subject	TRANSPORT SECTOR
dc.subject	UNCERTAINTIES
dc.subject	UNDERGROUND WATER
dc.subject	VULNERABILITY INDICATORS
dc.subject	VULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	WARMER CLIMATE
dc.subject	WARMER TEMPERATURES
dc.subject	WARMING CLIMATE
dc.subject	WATER TREATMENT
dc.subject	WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY
dc.subject	WINTER TEMPERATURES
dc.subject	WMO
dc.title	Adapting to Climate Change in Europe and Central Asia
dc.type	Economic & Sector Work :: Other Environmental Study
dc.coverage	Europe and Central Asia